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Burlington Daily Hawk Eye Gazette (Newspaper) - December 8, 1941, Burlington, Iowa Rather forecast fair colder tonight it Esthe daily Iowa a oldest newspaper a 1 River stage�?8 feet 6% inches Rise of 2 inches since last report Gazette Burlington Iowa monday december 8, 1941. Member audit Bureau of circulations member Iowa daily press association price�?5c. Loses two warships 3.000 killed or wounded Congress votes War president assails Japan a Semi fume . A the United states through its con declared War today on Japan. Overwhelmingly and with the greatest Unity shown in a Day on Capitol g the Senate and House sed up president jilt s request for a declaration with in Speed. Be Senate vote of 82 to g of the House vote of ii to 1 told their own of Unity in the fac common danger. The i with which the two lumbers granted preside Roosevelt a request id t declaration was in it dented. A be single Adverse House Trie was that of miss Sta abbe Rankin republics congresswoman from loot Ana who was among pc few who voted against the 1917 declaration of or on Germany. Be of facially announced m of two War slips and $0 men dead and imbed in Japan a raid on Hawaii was fresh in it stack of the legislate be Senate and House had assembled together to hear preside Roosevelt ask the declaration. They cheered him enthuse ii my ind then pushed the Resolution to rough with not a a mtg i waste of time. Ink a the chief executive told a joint session a that the declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly at by Japan on sunday dec. 7, a state of War has existed tote the United states and the japanese be president said that yesterday was a a a Date which will i in within 20 minutes after he finished the Senate had acted. President Roosevelt recited the events since Japan a assault americans Pacific bastions and said he had a directed that mean cares be taken for our a a Quot be president made no men of Germany and Italy few haitians making the for jowar declaration had Al been prepared in the sen House before the to a Tow joint session addressed a president. Rating at once j4,2?ter a acl the army and it it Een fighting since a Lare War Page 14�? Franklin d. Boo Savut draft quotas to be larger Boise up a Brig. Gen. Lewis b. Hershey National Selec Tive service director said today that All state draft quotas would be increased immediately. A the select Ive service organization has been ready for months for just such an eventuality a he said a and state quotas of men being called up will be doubled and Tri pled for january and succeeding nearly 600 from county in service Many Burlington youths on duty in West Pacific outposts nearly 600 Young men from Burlington and Des Moines county Are in the armed services of the nation. The army Navy or air Force. And a number of them Are stationed off the West coast and at american outposts in the Pacific Ocean where Japan launched War against the United states by bombing and machine gunning at Pearl Harbor Honolulu and other Points. The White House has made no identify Natiq of an american battleship capsized in Pearl Harbor except to state that it was an old one. Several other ships were damaged and one destroyer blown up the announcement said. How Ere Japan according to dispatches claimed damage to the uss Oklahoma and the uss West Virginia on each of which Burlington youths were reported on duty. Walter Lutenegger was said to be serving on the Oklahoma and Donald Combs on the West Virginia. 581 in service draft Board Headquarters in Des Moines county announced today that government records show 462 Burlington Young men in service and 119 from Des Moines county outside Burlington. The figures include 82 inducted into the army under provisions of the selective service Law the members of the Navy Reserve unit members of service troop 113th cavalry now at Camp Boyrie Tex. Members of Headquarters and service troop 136th medical regiment now at Camp Claiborne Law a and those who have enlisted through various recruiting offices. Many on islands Frank Dixon Arnold son of or. And mrs. L. A. Arnold Burlington Golf club Steward and stewardess is a Cook aboard the battleship California at Pearl Harbor. While his parents received a letter this morning written nov. 30, they have had no word from him since fighting commenced sunday. With the exception of a few Days last fall Arnold has been at Pearl Harbor most of the time during his three years of service. Two sons of or. And mrs. Charles Esau 1500 Agency Street Are reported in Honolulu As is also Donald Green son of or. And mrs. Henry Green 1703 Agency Street. Robert Esau a fireman on the uss Utah at Pearl Harbor has been in service for four years. John Esau who was graduated from the air school at Rantoul 111., in june a Many Here Page 2�? japanese claims denied fighting continues in Pacific Ocean areas the common cause it was a dynamic and tragic weekend for the people of the United states who calmly going about their usual sunday activities and returning to their Homes after worshipping god in accordance with the dictates of their own consciences found themselves in the maelstrom of War. The reaction was typically american. If the reception of the devastating news in Burlington was a fair example America is still the America of Woodrow Wilson of William Mckinley of Abraham Lincoln of George Washington. It is still the America of Bunker Hill of Gettysburg of san Juan of chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood. It is an America United behind president Roosevelt. There is no hysteria Here and that it is Well. Obviously the people Are stunned because Japan a declaration of War and her sudden attack upon us were so wholly unwarranted unjustified and unnecessary. In the face of diplomatic negotiations which were intended to avoid this very thing Japan premeditated Day moved to strike us by Surprise inspired All the while by the scheming Hitler. This As nothing else would have accomplished has United and solidified us again into that great army of democracy Loving americans who seek not War but who never flee from it when it is thrust upon us. We have no doubt nor misgiving As to the part we will play nor to the ultimate outcome. True it May easily be a War of Long duration and sacrifices Are Likely to be Many and great. But As americans it is our duty to unite in the common cause fight the Good fight As a Christian nation attacked stand by the president to the fullest and above All keep our senses of Good judgment. This is no time for excuses or equivocation no time for alibis or explanations. Our task is clearly charted for us and if we have the stuff in us today that other generations of americans have had we will terminate this awful orgy with Honor and Success to american principles. Mitch ions War on Japan Empire also makes China Thailand allies in far East hostilities London a Britain like the United states under japanese attack declared War today on the Tokio government without waiting for Washington first to formulate an american declaration. Said prime minister Churchill a it Only remains now for the two great democracies to face their tasks with whatever strength god May give at the same time Britain made allies of Thailand and free China. Prime minister Churchill told the House of common that instructions had been forwarded to the British embassy at Tokio and that at 1 p. M., 6 a. M., Burlington time a note was handed to the japanese charge d affaires Here a stating that in View of Japan a Wanton acts of unprovoked aggression the British government informed them that a state of War existed Between the two Churchill recalled that a with the full approval of the nation and of the Empire i pledged the word of great Britain about a month ago that should the United states be involved in War with Japan a British declaration would follow within the Churchill declared that Britain had assured Thailand a that an attack on her will be regarded As an attack on us and that he had messaged Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek of free China a assuring him that henceforward we would face a common foe president on Bur Burlington radio station Bur was connected to the Abc network at 11 30 this morning for the broadcast of the presidents message to Congress. Haiti joins War port a Prince Haiti up a Haiti joined the latin american nations today which have declared War on Japan and pledged the United states its full assistance. Pictures More pictures covering various angles of the United states. Japanese hostilities will be found on Page 8 of this newspaper. Japs defeat War claims claim sea supremacy around Hawaii after their Surprise attack Tokio tuesday a official radio picked up by apr the japanese asserted today they had won naval supremacy Over the United states in the Pacific claiming by official or unofficial reports the destruction of two american battleships and an aircraft Carrier and the damaging of six cruisers. The japanese named the two battleships sunk As the Oklahoma and the West Virginia. These declared the japanese were the principal results of the first Shock of their air naval offensive. The claim to supremacy appeared in a commentary resume broadcast by Domei which said that any Force the United states now could Lister a would he regarded As utterly inadequate to accomplish any successful outcome in an in japs repeat Page 11�? Harbor torn by air attack Philippines bombed damage is heavy Manila . A press Dis patches reported that us to 2 h troops 60 of them americans were killed tonight when japanese w warplanes raided i by on Tho West coast of the if land of Luzon North of the of Angnoo naval base. From Clark Field met them Over Campagna province 40 Miles to the North shattered their formations and forced them to turn Back. The u. S. Aircraft Carrier Langley was attacked by bombers during a it Light while lying in Mana lag Bay an undeveloped u s. Naval base near Davao Mindanao. This re it was feared was a prelude to a the midst of serious attempt to wrest control of said today the Island of Palawan in the Philippines had been bombed. Porter broadcasting in an Early tuesday morning air attack on Manila said that a terrific damage had been left by the japanese attackers including the apparent destruction of the gasoline Supply at Nichols air Field. There was a Lull in the action sometime after 8 a. Manila time but at 3 11 a. a the antiaircraft fire reopened said the radio reporter Don lie ii. He added that the fire had died Down at Nichols Field in the Southern part of Manila. He continued a from what we can see from the top of this building the whole sky is a Brilliant a few minutes after the renewed anti aircraft firing the All Clear was sounded. The raiders had smashed at it. William Mckinley and the radio corporation of America Short wave transmitter As Well As Nichols Field sealants leading toward Borneo. Manila a japanese bombers struck at military bases and ports the length of the Philippines today smashing at the big it. Stotensburg Clark Field the summer Mountain capital at Baguio the ports of Davao and Aparri and the far Northern Batan Island group. Manila had heard no air raid Washington apr the White House disclosed that american forces lost two warships and 3,000 dead and wounded in the japanese attack on Hawaii. The White House said that the Surprise Dawn attack of the japanese yesterday resulted in the capsizing of an old battleship the destruction of a destroyer damage to other vessels and destruction of a relatively Large number of planes. Some japanese losses it added that several japanese planes and submarines had been accounted for. It was i closed that Active resistance was a St Fol continuing Quot against the japanese attacking Force in the Vicinity of Hawaii. Reinforcements of planes Are being rushed to the islands the White House said and repair work is underway on ships planes and ground facilities. A the White House said that Wake and Midway islands in addition to the Island of Guam and Hong Kong China had been attacked but that details were lacking. Attack strategy asked whether there was any official information Why Japan was Able to get inside the outer defences of the hawaiian group presidential Secretary Stephen Early said it was the consensus of experts that probably All the attacking planes came from carriers which had moved Forward during the night and sent their planes aloft. The attack came at Dawn yesterday. There was no identification of the battleship which capsized beyond the statement that she was an old one. The ship turned Over in Pearl Harbor the Navy a giant hawaiian base. In making the announcement of the attack on Hawaii Barty said there had Ben a tremendous Public reaction throughout the country to Japan a assault it was expressed he said in hundreds of telegrams and Telephone Calls pouring into the White House. They All stressed horror at the attack and pledged loyalty full nid and support to the president a he related adding that they came from All types of persons from cab Drivers to state governors. Reads statement Early slowly read to reporters the official statement on the Battle at Hawaii saying the announcement had been approved by the president. It follows m american operations against japanese attacking Force in the neighbourhood of the hawaiian islands Are still continuing. A number of japanese planes and submarines have been destroyed. The damage caused to our forces in Oahu in yesterdays attack appear More serious than at first believed. A in Pearl Harbor itself one old battleship has capsized and several other ships have been seriously damaged. A one destroyer was blown up. Several other Small ships were seriously hit. Army and Navy Fields were bombed with the resulting destruction of several hangars and a Large number of planes put out of commission. A a number of bombers or Rived from san Francisco during the engagement while it was underway. A reinforcements of planes Are a a. S. Losses Page 14�? bulletins Island bombed new York a a the Tokio radio the broadcast was heard by Abc. Second Singapore raid Berlin a up it a a dub dispatch from Tokio said today japanese bombers carried ont a second air raid on the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. Further details were not Given. The weather by u. A. Weather Bureau Iowa fair tonight and tuesday colder tonight rising temperature a in West portion tuesday afternoon. Illinois fair West and South. Report 290 casualties new York up a at least 290 alarms and seen no raiding plates a Airt on the Lappine ands Riou a becoming Fai Northeast por Early tonight although japanese Jar Ell kit planes to a a War Craft were reported within 40 Miles of the densely populated City. Manila which has no Public air raid shelters was blacked out beneath heavily overcast skies from soon after Duk. Other ports also shut off lights and waited tensely. The army Headquarters an by High flying japanese planes j continued rather cold. Thomas Worthen lbs correspond Jent in Manila said today in a i broadcast from that City. Ltd. And to it of or amond head southernmost tip of Oahu Island Hawaii. Swarms of japanese bombers sped Over this Point to 6�?~i>hotq. Cen Ary bombs in Honolulu As Japan unleashed air attack against Pearl Harbor american Gibraltar of the Pacific. Bounced that Davao Center of con Bert Silen. A colleague of Belles Cen rated japanese population on had said earlier that a the fire is the southernmost of the Large islands and Baguio summertime Mountain capital of the Philippines North of Manila had been bombed by Daylight private advices from it. Stotsenburg on Luzon Inland said three japanese planes had been shot Down without Amer the fire is simply raging out Bright Moonlight the density populated City Lay under the Bright Light of a nearly full Moon although under a heavy blackout. Yesterday the City was reported to have been saved from japanese air attack when interceptor planes Guam under siege Manila u. Pm reliable informants said today that pan american a ways Here had been notified that Guam was under japanese siege and that its hotel and fuel tanks were aflame. A a re fused to comment. We % their data. 9. Weather Bleau poll on f. 42 12 30 p. I. Today Tew be rate re my Iii Widli y 59% True of precipitation last 24 Hooks. Temper itt re r Max. Mis. Today 59 .14 yeah to Tod % y 4 21 yesterday 46 Bye a a Ltd sinday 35 4 of ii t Philippines Page 14�? Calls for courage Manila a u. Pm Francis b. Sayre american High commissioner to the Philippines today called upon the people to show their forage in the face of attack by the japanese. A Japan without warning has at a bulletins Page 14.�? 9ati Day River stages hastings�?4.6, no change. La croeae�?4 6, no change. Mcgregor�?7.4, fall 0 1. Dui iiqu�?7.s, fail 0 1, a a f a port �?5.0, fall 0.8. Keokuk�?3.6, fall 0.1. Of Louis ,0. Fall of. Cairo�?16.4. Fall 0.8. Aiernphis�?7.4, fam of

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